'Cars' imaging reveals clues to myelin damage
...lux of calcium ions into the myelin. The increased concentration of calcium ions then activates two enzymes - calpain and cytosolic phospholipase A2 - which break down proteins and molecules in the myelin called lipids. "It is possible that the same pathway causes myelin degradation in people suffering from mult...Environmental inequality study finds no direct links to segregation, income
...politan areas. Using a measure of air pollutant concentration and toxicity developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to calculate the air pollution "burden" of each neighborhood in each metropolitan area, Downey compared levels of inequality between blacks and whites, Hispanics and whites, and Hispanics ...Researchers find vitamin B1 deficiency key to vascular problems for diabetic patients
...r entitled "High prevalence of low plasma thiamine concentration in diabetes linked to a marker of vascular disease...ologia on 4th August, the team found that thiamine concentration in blood plasma was decreased 76% in type 1 diabetic patients and 75% in type 2 diabetic patients. T...